About this episode

Hussein Kesvani discusses the impact of the film Eddington and its relevance during the COVID era.

Hussein comes on to talk about the most important film of the COVID era that isn’t Christopher Nolan’s TENET. For more from Hussein Kesvani – Listen to Ten Thousand Posts and Trashfuture – Order Vittles #3 to read his piece about how Muslim consumers have become central to the evolution of British food culture – Follow Hussein on Bluesky If you enjoyed this episode:– Support Blood Work via Patreon– Leave a rating or review on your podcast app– Follow us on Bluesky / Instagram / Twitter Image: An image from a Japanese promotional poster for the film Eddington, depicting a cowboy hat fashioned out of tin foil. Blood Work is a Scam Goldin ProductionThis episode was produced by Thomas O’MahonyOur theme song is ‘Dream Weapon’ by Genghis TronOur artwork is provided courtesy of KT Kobel THIS WEEK IN VIOLENCE: Collateral FamineALSO AVAILABLE IN AUDIOThis week we presenting a report published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on fertiliser shortages produced by the US-Israeli war on Iran, and the looming threat of undernourishment, famine and starvation which is becoming increasingly inevitable the longer Trump’s disastrous war drags on.

People in this episode

Host: bloodwork

Guest: Hussein Kesvani

Topics covered

• COVID-19
• film analysis
• British food culture
• media manipulation
• political commentary

Keywords

• Eddington
• Hussein Kesvani
• COVID-19
• British food culture
• media manipulation
• TENET
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: International Food Policy Research Institute

Books & works: Eddington, TENET

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